Santa Rosa's Coffey Park area was devastated by fire. But, the two officers quickly evacuated their wives and kids to the safest place they could think of, The National Guard Armory where they work. But, Angle says there was a problem.

"It turns out we were still in the evacuation zone initially," said Angle. Both men sent their families to stay with relatives outside the fire zone.

Angle took command of his 579th Engineer Battalion, which is reinforced with soldiers from outside the region and outside the state.

"We've been assisting with search and rescue, with decontamination procedures, guarding evacuation shelters and helping with various logistics at the emergency operations center," said Angle.